Despite missing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for a second straight game on Friday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder manhandled the Phoenix Suns on the way to a resounding 128-103 victory. Josh Giddey led the team in points, assists, and rebounds with 23 points, 9 assists, and 7 rebounds, and the Thunder held the Suns to their 6th-lowest scoring output of the season. Now the Thunder has a tough stretch of 5 road games in 8 days beginning Sunday evening in New York against the Knicks.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is questionable to play as a gametime decision, but the Knicks are also without some key players, particularly Julius Randle. The Knicks play a much slower-paced brand of basketball, but OKC has scorers all throughout the lineup. If the Thunder are able to slow down the scoring and playmaking ability of Jalen Brunson, then they should be able to kickoff the road trip on a high note.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 6 PM CT
Location: Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)
Television: Bally Sports Oklahoma
Radio: WWLS 98.1FM OKC The Sports Animal
Twitter: Follow @ZacharyLowNBA for live tweets and discussion during the game
Game Notes: Oklahoma City Thunder Official Game Notes, New York Knicks Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Josh Giddey
- SF: Luguentz Dort
- PF: Jalen Williams
- C: Chet Holmgren
Knicks
- PG: Jalen Brunson
- SG: Miles McBride
- SF: Donte DiVincenzo
- PF: Josh Hart
- C: Isaiah Hartenstein
Injury Report
Thunder
- Ousmane Dieng is OUT (G League — on assignment).
- Adam Flagler is OUT (G League — two-way).
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is QUESTIONABLE (right quad contusion).
- Keyontae Johnson is OUT (G League — two-way).
- Olivier Sarr is OUT (G League — two-way).
- Lindy Waters III is QUESTIONABLE (G League — on assignment).
Knicks
- OG Anunoby is OUT (right elbow injury management).
- Alec Burks is PROBABLE (sprained right shoulder).
- Isaiah Hartenstein is PROBABLE (sprained right wrist).
- Julius Randle is OUT (dislocated right shoulder).
- Mitchell Robinson is QUESTIONABLE (sprained left ankle).
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder are 21-7 against the Knicks (11-3 at home, 10-4 on the road).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder have won the season series against the Knicks 6 times, lost it 0 times, and tied it 9 times.
- The Thunder tied the season series with the Knicks 1-1 last year (0-1 at home, 1-0 on the road).
- The Thunder are 1-0 against the Knicks so far this season (1-0 at home, 0-0 on the road).